A plantation of bananas in Busanjabwankuba along River Namatala has also been swept away A mini report by the Mbale Regional Emergency Response Operation Center shows that 80 homes were washed away by floods that hit Mbale City over the weekend. The report also shows that the floods displaced 5600 people, some
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Clement Kisinde, a farmer at Kibanvu village in Luwero sub county checking on his pig. Kisinde sold most of his pigs due to high costs of feeds Several piggery farmers in Luwero district have stopped using maize as a key component of pig feeds citing the high prices. Families in at
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Karamoja has many tourist attractions The Uganda Wild life Authority (UWA) has advised tourists interested in visiting Karamoja wildlife-protected areas to be careful as they cross the flooded seasonal rivers in the sub-region. Mr. James Okware, the senior warden in charge of Pian Upe and Matheniko Bokora game
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The recovered coffee huller Bukwo Resident District Commissioner and LC V Chairperson have recovered a coffee huller and generator worth Shillings 500million. An unknown official reportedly hid the two machines in a bush house in Kabei sub-county in Bukwo district with plans of selling them to Kenya. The huller is
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Chris Mukiza, the executive director of UBOS Uganda's first ever multidimensional poverty index report for 2021, has revealed that up to 42.1 percent of Uganda's population lack in several social and economic aspects of a normal human life. The survey conducted by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, took
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Hon. Musila (C) addresses the media as Hon, Masaba (L) and Modoi look on Members of Parliament from Bugisu region have asked Government to give residents affected by flooding in the Elgon region cash compensation to facilitate their relocation. This call follows the rains and floods which have
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Mbale floods have left scores dead/Courtesy photo Bagishu and Sabiny have a choice between a rock and hard ground: a calamity and a dilemma. Landslides, which are an act of God on one hand, evictions by Uganda Wildlife Authority on the other are what they have to choose from. As
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Farmers in Greater Masaka have been asked to diversify their farming practices with the growing of bush crops in addition to the traditional food crop varieties as a solution to the devastating long dry season which threatens food security and the survival of many communities in the country. Many
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The Uganda shilling continues to depreciate against the US dollar as both local and external factors exert pressure on the local and other emerging currency markets. For more than a week, the shilling has just stayed short of touching the 3,900 level against the dollar, amidst sustained intervention into
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Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye (R),the UCDA Managing Director and Stephen Asiimwe, the PSFU CEO after signing the MOC The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) and Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) have today signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) that will see the improvement of coffee production and value addition in the country. Dr.
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